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2023 reading list and commentary

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This is the thread of the books I am reading this year. One hundred and fourteen books. I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. I was busier, happier.

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2023 in Libraries

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Kimball (79) – Most weeks I worked here one day and I stopped by a lot of other times, for sub shifts or just to get a book. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003.

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2022 reading list and commentary

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I read a lot of books this year but in many ways it wasn’t a great year for me (it’s improving) so I have mixed feelings about the sheer length of this list and am hoping to read LESS this year. I started to read 144 books and finished 142 but kept up with a few I maybe shouldn’t have. average read per month: 12.

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2021 reading list and commentary

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I started and finished 115 books. One more book got added to my best in show category: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, though I felt like I read a lot of good books this year. Here are stats for the books that I finished. ebook to book ratio: 63:52. Here are stats for the books that I finished.

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CFP: Academic BRASS Spring 2024 Issue

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Reviews of books, databases, and web sites are welcome as well. Tim Tully* Pronouns: he/him/his Business Librarian *University Library* ttully@sdsu.edu O: 619-594-2009 Topics of interest to the editors are those dealing with business librarianship, such as resources, liaison and outreach activities, strategies, and instruction.

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Downtown St. Paul needs 20,000 more people to thrive | implications for urban revitalization in the post covid city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's a very important book, about the recentralization of metropolitan areas focused on center city revival. Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ). 21 years ago, I read Steve Belmont's Cities in Full.

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Empathy Marketing: How To Use Greed, Fear, Love, and Hope To Motivate Your Audience

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Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library The worst day I’ve ever had in a job was in 2009. Without that, you likely would never have finished the book. When I worked at a library, we had a personalized reading recommendation service called Book Hookup. Let us pick out your next favorite book.”